Successive wire loop twister

ABSTRACT

The disclosure is to a tool or device installable on a running length of wire at a distance from an end thereof and at the point installed adapted to be manipulated to twist the wire several times around itself leaving a bight or loop. The twister may then bend the running length of wire to extend substantially in initial direction; and then the tool device or twister can be deftly removed and reinstalled, further along upon the aforesaid running length, and a second series of twists made in the length, leaving a second loop, and on successively.

United States Patent Orval Parker 3719 Seminole St., Houston, Tex. 77027 [21] Appl.No. 802,051

[72] Inventor [22] Filed Feb, 25, 1969 [45] Patented May 11, 1971 [54] SUCCESSIVE WIRE LOOP TWISTER 8 Claims, 3 Drawing Figs.

[52] US. Cl 140/ 102.5, l40/104,140/l18 [51] Int. Cl. 1321i 3/00, 1321f 1/06, B21f 7/00 [50] FieldolSear-eh 140/118, 104, 102.5

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,120,575 12/1914 Wertz 140/118 3,221,779 12/1965 Noel 3,340,905 9/1967 Yust Primary Examiner-Charles W. Lanham Assistant ExaminerR. M. Rogers AttorneyWilliam E. Ford ABSTRACT: The disclosure is to a tool or device installable on a running length of wire at a distance from an end thereof and at the point installed adapted to be manipulated to twist the wire several times around itself leaving a bight or loop. The twister may then bend the running length of wire to extend substantially in initial direction; and then the tool device or twister can be deftly removed and reinstalled, further along I upon the aforesaid running length, and a second series of twists made in the length, leaving a second loop, and on successively.

PATENTEU MAY] 1 I971 PARKER A 77' ORNE Y SUCCESS IVE WIRE LOOP TWISTER The invention relates to a successive wire loop twister adapted quickly to be' installed upon a running length of wire to twist a loop therein, then quickly removed and reinstalled on the running length to twist a successive loop, and so on in succession.

Thus the invention has as a primary object the provision of a loop twister that can be quickly installed and easily manipulated to twist successive loops along a running length of wire.

lt is also an important object of theinvention to provide a loop twister of this class adapted to be installed upon, to twist a loop in, and to be removed from a running length of wire further along thereon to repeat the steps aforesaid.

It is still another and highly beneficial object of the invention to provide a loop twister of this class which is adapted to be installed upon a length of wire prior to twisting, and removed from-a length of wire after twisting, in a minimum length of time,

It is also a particular object of the invention to provide a wire twister of this classwhich is adapted to have the wire of successively formed loops passed throughsuccessive objects, as the eyelets of fishhooks.

Other and further objects will be apparent when the specification herein is considered in connection with the drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is an isometric view of a loop twister comprising the invention, with successively formed loops passed through fish hook eyelets;

FIG. 2 is a development view showing the complementary parts of the body of the twister shown in FIG. 1 in isometric; and

FIG. 3 is an isometric view of the twister end of the twister shown to smaller scale in H6. 1.

Referring now to the drawings in which like reference numerals are applied to like elements in the various views, a successive wire' loop twister l0, comprised of twister parts a, 10b, is shown installed upon a running length of wire 11 which has been extended from a main source of the wire, as a reel, not shown, but adjacent the connecting wire portion 12, P16. 1. Also as shown in this FIG. 1, the portion 1laof the running length of wire 11 extends from the forward or twisting end 13 of. the twister 10 to be recurved into a loop 140 with the wire toward the aforesaid twisting end 13 from the loop 10 having been twisted in several twists l5about the running length 11.

From the last twist 15 the wire 11 is shown extending through a longitudinal guide slot 16 (H0. 3) in the externally threaded shank portion 17a of the twister part 10a; the shank 17 comprising the complemental shank portions 170, (part 10a); 17b, (part 10b). The wire 11 further extends through a slot 18 formed sidewardly through a nut 20 which is threadable upon the complemental threaded shank portions 17a, 17b, (FIG. 3), and to a point in angular rotation at which the slot 18 is in extension of, or in alignment from the guide slot 16. From the aforesaid slot 18 the wire 11 is shown extending in FIG. 1 to the left, or in direction of the source connecting wire portion 12, loops 14a and 1412 being shown interposed thereinbetween, as formed at spaced-apart distances along the running length of wire 11. I

The constrained wire portion, or portion 11a that is held when. the tool 10 twists a loop, extends through two complemental half bores 19a, 19b through the respective shank portions 17a, 17b and handle portions 21a, 21b. The handle portions 21a, 21b thus cross the respective shank portions 17a, 17b which extend centrally therefrom, whereby the aforesaid loop twister 10 is tee-shaped.

The constrained wire portion 11a extends in the longitudinal bore 19 comprised of complemental half bores 19a, (part 10a); 19b, (part 10b); and thus longitudinally through the twister 10, centrally thereof, and from the handle 21 the wire continues as the wire free end 11b. Dowel holes 23a, 23b are provided in the handle portion 21a (part 10a), at equally spaced distances from the half bore 19a therein, and dowel pins 22a, 22!) are provided for insertion thereinto. Dowel holes 23c 23d are correspondingly rovided in the handle portion 21b (part 10b), to receive t e outwardly extending ends of the dowels 22a, 22b, as the nut 20 is threaded upon the complemental shank portions 21a, 21b to constrain the wire portion 11a prior to twisting.

Objects to be picked up successively in loops may have the free or leading end llb of the wire 11 passed therethrough. Thus the fishhook eyelet 24a of the fishhook 25a, has the wire leading end 11c passed therethrough, then the eyelet24b of the fishhook 25b, and then the eyelet 24c of the swivel 26 of the fishhook 25c. Consequently the first-formed loop 14a passes through the eyelet 24a; the second-formed p 14b passes through the eyelet 24b; and the last-formed loop passes through the swivel eyelet 14c.

The drawings are exemplary of applications of disclosure, and other tool shapes and constructional variations may be employed within the spirit of the invention.1The drawings and specification describing exemplary practice of the invention are supplemented by the appended claims to complete the application.

lclaim:

1. A tee-shaped split tool for successively twisting spacedapart loops in a running length of wire, complemental crossmembers of the tee comprising the handle as the intersecting shank of the tee' comprising complemental, externally threaded shank members for a predetermined distance above the shank end thereof, an axial bore having been drilled transversely through the handle and longitudinally through shank prior to its being split, a nut threadable upon the threaded ends of the complemental shank portions and having a guide slot through one shank portion end, cooperative means provided for removable assembly of the complemental crossmembers to comprise a handle as the nut assembles the shank portions, thus constraining a length of wire in said bore, and whereby a loop may be twisted outwardly from the shank end as the running part of the wire is returned through said guide slot for twist bearing therein, said tool being removable from one location and installable at another location along the running length of wire as said nut is turned to dispose said slot in sideward extension of said split.

2. A tool as claimed in claim 1 which further provides a tapered slot in one-half thereof to extend from adjacent its free end longitudinally and outwardly and through which the running part of the wire is also returned, as said guide slot is aligned therewith.

3. A tool as claimed in claim 1 in which a fishhook eyelet may be in the bight of a loop as twisted.

4. A tool as claimed in claim 1 in which the eyelet of a fishhook swivel may be in the bight of a loop as twisted.

5. A tool as claimed in claim 1 in which said cooperative means comprises dowel pins extending from one complemental crossmember into dowel holes provided in the other complemental crossmember.

6. A tool as claimed in claim 1 in which said crossmember is of rectangular cross section with major axis of rectangle parallel to the longitudinal shank axis of the tool.

7. A tool as claimed in claim 1 in which said shank is threaded for substantially half the length thereof.

8. A tool as claimed in claim 1 which further provides a tapered slot centrally in one complemental shank member to extend from adjacent the shank end longitudinally and outwardly to the thickest part thereof and through which the running part of the wire is also returned as said guide slot is aligned therewith. 

1. A tee-shaped split tool for successively twisting spacedapart loops in a running length of wire, complemental crossmembers of the tee comprising the handle as the intersecting shank of the tee comprising complemental, externally threaded shank members for a predetermined distance above the shank end thereof, an axial bore having been drilled transversely through the handle and longitudinally through shank prior to its being split, a nut threadable upon the threaded ends of the complemental shank portions and having a guide slot through one shank portion end, cooperative means provided for removable assembly of the complemental crossmembers to comprise a handle as the nut assembles the shank portions, thus constraining a length of wire in said bore, and whereby a loop may be twisted outwardly from the shank end as the running part of the wire is returned through said guide slot for twist bearing therein, said tool being removable from one location and installable at another location along the running length of wire as said nut is turned to dispose said slot in sideward extension of said split.
 2. A tool as claimed in claim 1 which further provides a tapered slot in one-half thereof to extend from adjacent its free end longitudinally and outwardly and through which the running part of the wire is also returned, as said guide slot is aligned therewith.
 3. A tool as claimed in claim 1 in which a fishhook eyelet may be in the bight of a loop as twisted.
 4. A tool as claimed in claim 1 in which the eyelet of a fishhook swivel may be in the bight of a loop as twisted.
 5. A tool as claimed in claim 1 in which said cooperative means comprises dowel pins extending from one complemental crossmember into dowel holes provided in the other complemental crossmember.
 6. A tool as claimed in claim 1 in which said crossmember is of rectangular cross section with major axis of rectangle parallel to the longitudinal shank axis of the tool.
 7. A tool as claimed in claim 1 in which said shank is threaded for substantially half the length thereof.
 8. A tool as claimed in claim 1 which further provides a tapered slot centrally in one complemental shank member to extend from adjacent the shank end longitudinally and outwardly to the thickest part thereof and through which the running part of the wire is also returned as said guide slot is aligned therewith. 